Báo cáo y học: "Lung abscess predicts the surgical outcome in patients with pleural empyem" pdf

... more patients with leuko- cytosis in lung abscess group. There were 21 (96%) patients with leukocytosis in the abscess group. Only 150 (63%) patients had leukocytosis of the patients in the no abscess ... calculate the length of stay in other hospital before transferring to our hospital. In our study, the length of stay for patients in pleural empye...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 09:22

... with increased mortality in patients who have SSc. The greatest loss of lung volume occurs within the first 2 years of the disease, and pulmonary-related deaths occur with greater frequency in ... open-label clinical tri- als support the effectiveness of CYC therapy in preventing a decline in lung function and premature death in patients with SSc and ILD. Despite t...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 13:22

... reduce the use of their pain and inflammation medication if they did not feel the need for them, but they had to note all drugs taken every day in their diary. The study treatment is a commercially ... demonstrate their capacity to fill a diary relating their daily treatment. Patients with inflammatory arthritis, with osteoarthritis not affecting the knees or hips, with know...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:22

... be the predictor of morbidity and mor- tality in CKD 3-5 patients in Spain (31). Our study ex- tends this finding to patients with more preserved renal function in American population. Our hypothesis ... be- tween hypoalbuminemia, inflammation, malnutrition and atherosclerosis in patients with kidney failure (38, 40). In some studies the relation between hypoalbu-...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2012, 11:52

... observed in patients during adalimu- mab therapy does not explain the decreased influx of neu- trophils into synovial joints previously observed in RA patients during anti-TNF-α therapy [14,15]. ... phagocyte activity may be involved in the mechanism of action of anti-TNF-α therapy [9]. BSA = bovine serum albumin; C3Zy = C3-coated zymosan; FMLP = N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenyl...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22

... likely not reflect the true ratio between acute and delayed reactions involving the skin, since acute reactions with skin involvement occur in 4% of the infusions and are usually treated by the ... After recovery, the patient restarted infliximab without recurrence of his skin problems. TNF-α-blocking therapy was continued in the other eight patients, and in four of these...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 06:22

... phytohe- magglutinin (PHA). The percent of CD4+ lymphocytes synthesizing IL-10 was determined using the appropriate commercial kit (Miltenyi), fol- lowing the instructions of the manufacturer. In this assay, ... Rituximab is a very effective B cell depleting agent in vivo, inducing the lysis of these cells mediated by complement and by Fc receptor-bearing cyto- toxic cells as we...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... neutrophil and lymphocyte apoptosis in patients with very early inflammatory arthritisSynovial fluid neutrophil and lymphocyte apoptosis in patients with very early inflammatory arthritis. (a) Synovial ... clinical presentation in patients with very early inflammatory arthritis divided according to outcome. (b) Synovial fluid lymphocyte apoptosis at clinical pres- entation...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 08:22

... accordance with the ATTRACT [Anti-TNF Therapy in RA with Concomitant Therapy] protocol [7]). All of these patients were included in the study and followed over 1 year. RA activity was evaluated using the ... infliximab on BMD in RA patients and to compare the findings with those in a control group. The major finding of our study is that bone loss was prevented in...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 10:20

... Kennedy LG, O'Hea J, Mallorie P, Jenkinson T: A new approach to defining functional ability in ankylosing spondylitis: the development of the Bath Ankylos- ing Spondylitis Functional Index ... serum sCTLA-4 in patients with SpA, compared with levels observed in patients with RA or in healthy volunteers. Circulat- ing sCTLA-4 correlated with clinical index of disea...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 14:22